Ben Roethlisberger

The good news — nay, the great news — is that football is almost back. July — the most accursed of "slow news" months — is almost over. August — the month of football rebirth — is days away. Every NFL camp will be fully functional by next Sunday (if the Bucs and Jags camps can ever be called "fully functional"). For us, you and me, however, this return of football is also a problem. The problem is that I had collected numerous "slow-news-month" topics to fill the Seats before the return of football — and I haven't used all of them. Being really cheap, I can't stand wasting anything, even including lame...

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